Welcome to the Mobilization and Deployment online forum.This is a definitive place for all members of the Army Family, which includes all Soldiers(Active, Guard, and Reserve)and Army Civilians and their spouses,children, parents,and extended family and friends,to seek information, ask questions and share their concerns about mobilization and deployment in a community environment.Thank you for stopping by and we welcome the opportunity to answer your questions and to hear about your experiences.

This month our topic will focus on Deployment Resources. Your installation's Army Community Service center provides many excellent in-person trainings on all phases of the deployment cycle. For example, there are pre-deployment and post-deployment briefings like Battlemind training and RESET, support groups such as Hearts Apart, and briefings on topics like financial readiness and Children and Deployment. In addition, our web site, Army OneSource, provides many of these trainings online for those Soldiers and Family members who may not be able to attend in-person training. Included on the website, through the Mobilization and Deployment page, are the Operation READY materials used at these trainings. These are available to be downloaded at anytime and contain useful information and checklists about the deployment cycle.

We've just touched on the resources available and would like to hear about your experiences. What resources have you found the most useful? If you are not near an installation, what resources have worked best for you? What improvements would you like to see? We look forward to hearing from you!